List of Hippolais & Iduna with references - Dutch Birding
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IntroductionI have endeavoured to keep typos, errors, omissions etc in this list to a minimum, however whenyou find more I would be grateful if you could mail the details during 2013 to: josephobbs@gmail.com.Grateful thanks to Ross Ahmed and Martin Garner (http://birdingfrontiers.com) for the cover images.All images © the photographers.Joe HobbsIndexThe general order <strong>of</strong> species follows the International Ornithologists' Union World Bird <strong>List</strong> (Gill, F. &Donsker, D. (eds.) 2012. IOC World Bird <strong>List</strong>. Available from: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/[version 3.2 accessed October 2012]).VersionVersion 1.7 (January 2013).CoverMain image: Booted Warbler. Sarykopa, Aqtobe, Kazakhstan. 17 July 2010. Picture by Ross Ahmed.Vignette: Sykes’s Warbler. Tresta Yard, Fetlar, Shetland. 6 October 2010. Picture by Martin Garner.SpeciesPage No.Booted Warbler [<strong>Iduna</strong> caligata] 4Dark-capped Yellow Warbler [<strong>Iduna</strong> natalensis] 4Eastern Olivaceous Warbler [<strong>Iduna</strong> pallida] 7Icterine Warbler [<strong>Hippolais</strong> icterina] 12Melodious Warbler [<strong>Hippolais</strong> polyglotta] 11Mountain Yellow Warbler [<strong>Iduna</strong> similis] 4Olive-tree Warbler [<strong>Hippolais</strong> olivetorum] 10Sykes’s Warbler [<strong>Iduna</strong> rama] 6Thick-billed Warbler [<strong>Iduna</strong> aedon] 3Upcher’s Warbler [<strong>Hippolais</strong> languida] 10Western Olivaceous Warbler [<strong>Iduna</strong> opaca] 91
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Kleine Spotvogel te Bloemendaal in september 1988 [Booted Warbler atBloemendaal in September 1988]. <strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 11(3): 123-126.Vinicombe, K. 1995. Identification (The ones to watch). Birdwatch 42: 24-30 (30).Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern <strong>Hippolais</strong>). <strong>Birding</strong> World 13(7): 282.5
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Lindholm, A. & Aalto, T. 2005. The calls <strong>of</strong> Sykes's and Booted Warblers. <strong>Birding</strong> World 18(9): 395-396.<strong>List</strong>er, S. 1993. Letters (Booted or Sykes Warbler). <strong>Birding</strong> World 6(12): 492-493.McGeehan, A. 1990. Olivaceous Warbler on Cape Clear, Co. Cork. Irish <strong>Birding</strong> News 1(2): 62-67.McGeehan, A. 2002. Total birding (Crunch time). <strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 24(5): 304-306.Osborn, K. 1993. The Shetland <strong>Hippolais</strong> warbler. <strong>Birding</strong> World 6(11): 437-438.Page, D. 2001. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers). British Birds 94(1): 44.Pearson, D.J. et al 2004. The identity <strong>of</strong> some <strong>Hippolais</strong> specimens from Eritrea and the United ArabEmirates examined by mtDNA analysis: a record <strong>of</strong> Sykes's Warbler H. rama in Africa. Ibis 146:683-684.Riddington, R. 2008. Reports (Storm from the east. Siberian Thrush, Brown Flycatcher and Sykes'sWarbler: Fair Isle and Sumburgh, Shetland, September 2008). Birdwatch 197: 54-55.Riddington, R. 2009. From the Rarities Committee's files: The history <strong>of</strong> Sykes's Warbler in Britain.British Birds 102(11): 622-626.Singh, A.P. 2000. Birds <strong>of</strong> lower Garhwal Himalayas: Dehra Dun valley and neighbouring hills.Forktail 16: 101-123 (104).Small, B. 2002. Letters (Bill shapes <strong>of</strong> Booted & Sykes's Warblers). <strong>Birding</strong> World 15(4): 170.Svensson, L. & Millington, R. 2002. Field identification <strong>of</strong> Sykes's Warbler. <strong>Birding</strong> World 15(9): 381-382.Svensson, L. 1997. Notes (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd). British Birds 90(4): 152-158.Svensson, L. 1999. Letters (The Kazakh 'mystery warblers' once again). British Birds 92(9): 481-482.Svensson, L. 2001. Identification <strong>of</strong> Western and Eastern Olivaceous, Booted and Sykes's Warblers.<strong>Birding</strong> World 14(5): 192-219.Svensson, L. 2003. <strong>Hippolais</strong> update: Identification <strong>of</strong> Booted Warbler and Sykes's Warbler. <strong>Birding</strong>World 16(11): 470-474.Thomason, B. et al 2003. The Sykes's Warbler in Shetland. <strong>Birding</strong> World 16(11): 466-469.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2004. Masters <strong>of</strong> Mystery Solution (Booted Warbler).<strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 26(5): 328-330.Vinicombe, K. 1995. Identification (The ones to watch). Birdwatch 42: 24-30 (30).Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern <strong>Hippolais</strong>). <strong>Birding</strong> World 13(7): 282.Eastern Olivaceous Warbler<strong>Iduna</strong> pallida [Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833, the River Nile, in Egypt and Nubia].[I.p. pallida] W & N Egypt S to N Sudan along the River Nile. Winters C & S Sudan, Eritrea & NEthiopia.[I.p. elaeica] Hungary & Romania E to S Ukraine and Slovenia & Croatia S to Greece and Bulgaria,Turkey, Cyprus and W Syria S to N Israel & W Jordan and N & S Caucasus S to Iraq, W & N Iran, EArabian peninsula and SW & S Kazakhstan S to Uzbekistan, S Turkmenistan & N Afghanistan.Winters C & E Sahel region.[I.p. reiseri] SE Morocco, desert habitats <strong>of</strong> interior Algeria, S Tunisia & Fezzan (SW Libya). Wintersnot precisely established. Northern breeding populations possibly to Senegal, Gambia, Niger & NNigeria and southern breeding populations probably resident.[I.p. laeneni] Lake Chad region, SE Niger, NE Nigeria & W Sudan.[I.p. alulensis] Mangrove coasts <strong>of</strong> the Red Sea, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia & Bab El Mandab(Yemen).Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 as <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida.Other names: Saharan Olivaceous Warbler (reiseri), Chad Olivaceous Warbler (laeneni), MangroveOlivaceous Warbler (alulensis).Aidley, D.J. & Wilkinson, R. 1987. Moult <strong>of</strong> some Palearctic warblers in northern Nigeria. Bird Study34(3): 219-225 (221).Antonov, A. 2004. Smaller Eastern Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida elaeica nests suffer lesspredation than larger ones. Acta Ornitologica 39: 87-92.Antonov, A. et al 2007. Aspects <strong>of</strong> breeding ecology <strong>of</strong> the eastern olivaceous warbler (<strong>Hippolais</strong>pallida). Journal <strong>of</strong> Ornithology 148(4): 443-451.Ash, J.S. & Pearson, D.J. 2002. <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers apparently breeding on the north Somalia coast.Bulletin <strong>of</strong> the British Ornithologists’ Club 122: 222-228.Ash, J.S. et al 2005. A new race <strong>of</strong> Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida in Somalia. Ibis 147: 841-843.7
Baha el Din, S. et al 2010. Mangrove Olivaceous Warblers in Egypt - new to the Western Palearctic.<strong>Birding</strong> World 23(5): 215-217.Baha el Din, S. 2011. The Somali race <strong>of</strong> the Olivaceous Warbler identified in mangroves at Bab alMandab. Phoenix 27: 10.Bankovics, A. 1974. Spreading and habitats <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida elaeica (Lindl.) along the Tisza.Tiscia 9: 105-113.Bankovics, A. 1975. Data on the comparative ecology <strong>of</strong> the scrub warbler (<strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida elaeica(Lindl.)) and its spreading along the Tisza in the years 1973 to 1974. Tiscia 10: 81-83.Baxter, P.A.A. 2001. Racial identification <strong>of</strong> the Olivaceous Warbler at Collieston. <strong>Birding</strong> Scotland 4:13-14.Bradshaw, C. & Steele, J. 1995. Mystery Photographs (probable rama Booted Warbler). British Birds88(11): 561-564.Bradshaw, C. 2000. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers). British Birds 93(6):277.Bräunlich, A. & Stei<strong>of</strong>, K. 2001. Neuer Nachweis eines Blassspötters <strong>Hippolais</strong> [pallida] elaeica inDeutschland [Recent record <strong>of</strong> Eastern Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> [pallida] elaeica inGermany]. Limicola 15(3): 147-155.British Ornithologists’ Union 2000. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 26th Report(October 1999). Ibis 142: 177-179.Buttle, C. 1995. The Olivaceous Warbler in Suffolk. <strong>Birding</strong> World 8(8): 293-294.Cade, M. 1999. The Olivaceous Warbler in Dorset. <strong>Birding</strong> World 12(7): 284-285.Cade, M. 2003. Regional reports (It's the Bill again). Birdwatch 136: 57.Conder, P.J. Olivaceous Warbler on Skokholm. pp. 26-27. Found in: Sharrock, J.T.R. & Grant, P.J.1982. Birds new to Britain and Ireland. T. & A.D. Poyser.Corso, A. 2000. Letters (Tail movements <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers). <strong>Birding</strong> World 13(12): 508.Crespo, J. et al 1988. Notes (Tongue spots <strong>of</strong> nestling Olivaceous Warblers). British Birds 81(9): 470.Crockett, P. 2001. The eastern race Olivaceous Warbler at Collieston, Aberdeenshire: 13th-21stSeptember 2000. North-East Scotland Bird Report 2000 pp. 119-121.Crockett, P.S. 2001. Olivaceous Warbler at Collieston, North-East Scotland, September 2000.<strong>Birding</strong> Scotland 4(1): 11-12.Dally, A. 2003. Letters (Saharan Olivaceous Warbler in Morocco). <strong>Birding</strong> World 16(11): 475.de Knijff, P. & van Swelm, N.D. 1998. Letter (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd: an attempt to solvepart <strong>of</strong> the problem). British Birds 91(5): 190-192.Dernjatin, P. & Westerbjerg Andersen, M. 2006. Central Asian <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers. Alula 12(4): 146-153.Dernjatin, P. 2005. Chokpak - Central Asian songbirds. Alula 11(2): 50-58.Ellis, P.M. 2003. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler at Sandwick and Hoswick: first for SBC area, secondShetland record. Shetland Bird Report 2002 p. 106.Fisher, D. 1990. Olivaceous Warblers in Bharatpur. Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 11: 35-36.Forrester, R.W. 1998. Amendments to the Scottish <strong>List</strong>. Scottish Birds 19(5): 259-261 (260).Fraser, M. 2005. <strong>List</strong>Check (Splits: Olivaceous Warbler). Birdwatch 157: 50.Fraser, M. 2006. <strong>List</strong>Check (New subspecies: Olivaceous Warbler). Birdwatch 165: 55.Gallé, L. 1995. River valleys: are they ecological corridors? Tiscia 29: 53-58.Gordon, G. 2006. Reports (Hippo's a dream find. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler: Co. Cork, 24-29September 2006). Birdwatch 173: 58.Hafstad, I. at al 2004. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida new to Norway. Ornis Norvegica27: 106-117.Harrap, S. 1988. Identification <strong>of</strong> Olivaceous and Booted Warblers. <strong>Birding</strong> World 1(9): 312-315.Harvey, P. & Bradshaw, C. 1999. From the Rarities Committee's files (Booted Warblers <strong>with</strong> longsupercilia: the 1976 Fair Isle bird). British Birds 92(9): 477-479.Harvey, W.G. 1985. Two additions to the avifauna <strong>of</strong> China, Anas angustirostris and <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida.Bulletin <strong>of</strong> the British Ornithologists’ Club 106: 15.Jiguet, F. 2003. Letters (Saharan Olivaceous Warbler). <strong>Birding</strong> World 16(9): 392.Jiguet, F. 2005. Letters (More on Saharan Olivaceous Warbler). <strong>Birding</strong> World 18(6): 262.Khoury, F. et al 2006. Observations on the avifauna <strong>of</strong> the eastern Jordan Valley, during July–August2005. Sandgrouse 28(2): 119-126.King, J.M.B. & Hutchinson, J.M.C. 2001. Site fidelity and recurrence <strong>of</strong> some migrant bird species inthe Gambia. Ringing & Migration 20: 292-302.Martins, R.P. et al 1996. The status <strong>of</strong> passerines in southern Yemen and records <strong>of</strong> the OSMEsurvey in spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 54-72 (63).8
Meakin, K. et al 2005. Monitoring birds, reptiles and butterflies in the St Katherine Protectorate,Egypt. Egyptian Journal <strong>of</strong> Biology 7: 66-95 (76 & 82).Ottosson, U. et al 2005. Differentiation and phylogeny <strong>of</strong> the olivaceous warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallidaspecies complex. Journal <strong>of</strong> Ornithology 146(2): 127-136.Page, D. 2001. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers). British Birds 94(1): 44.Pearson, D.J. et al 2004. Short Communication (The identity <strong>of</strong> some <strong>Hippolais</strong> specimens fromEritrea and the United Arab Emirates examined by mtDNA analysis: a record <strong>of</strong> Sykes's WarblerH. rama in Africa). Ibis 146: 683-684.Riddington, R. 1995. The Olivaceous Warbler on Fair Isle. <strong>Birding</strong> World 8(6): 218-220.Roth, T. 2008. Outward (autumn) bird migration at the Southeastern Peninsula and Cape Greco,Cyprus: the phenologies <strong>of</strong> regular migrants. Sandgrouse 30(1): 77-89 (84).Salewski, V. & Herremans, M. 2006. Phenology <strong>of</strong> Western Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> opacaand Eastern Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida reiseri on stopover sites in Mauritania. Ringing &Migration 23: 15-20.Salewski, V. et al 2005. Wing moult <strong>of</strong> Eastern Olivaceous Warblers <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida reiseri atstopover sites at the southern fringe <strong>of</strong> the Sahara. Ringing & Migration 22: 185-189.Salewski, V. et al 2006. Nectarivory <strong>of</strong> Palearctic migrants at a stopover site in the Sahara. BritishBirds 99(6): 299-305.Simmons, K.E.L. 1952. Some observations on the Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida in Egypt.Ibis 94(2): 203-209.Small, B. 2006. More Moroccan birds. <strong>Birding</strong> World 19(6): 254-262 (plates 8 & 9, 258).Svensson, L. 1997. Notes (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd). British Birds 90(4): 152-158.Svensson, L. 1999. Letters (The Kazakh 'mystery warblers' once again). British Birds 92(9): 481-482.Svensson, L. 2001. Identification <strong>of</strong> Western and Eastern Olivaceous, Booted and Sykes's Warblers.<strong>Birding</strong> World 14(5): 192-219.Thomas, C. 2010. Reports (A gracious olivaceous. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler: Flamborough, EastYorkshire, 1-3 September 2010). Birdwatch 220: 52-53.Thomas, C. 2010. The Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in East Yorkshire. <strong>Birding</strong> World 23(9): 396-398.Topp, A. 1996. Photonews. Alula 2(3): 141.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2002. Masters <strong>of</strong> Mystery Solution (Eastern OlivaceousWarbler). <strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 24(4): 223-228.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2004. Masters <strong>of</strong> Mystery Solution (Booted Warbler).<strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 26(5): 328-330.van den Berg, A. 2005. Olivaceous warblers in the western Mediterranean and their identification.<strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 27(5): 302-307.van den Berg, A.B. 1989. Mystery photographs (Olivaceous Warblers). <strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 11(3): 116-117.Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern <strong>Hippolais</strong>). <strong>Birding</strong> World 13(7): 282.White, M.L.J. et al 2007. Bird surveys and distance sampling in St Katherine Protectorate, SouthSinai, Egypt in 2007. Egyptian Journal <strong>of</strong> Biology 9: 60-68.Wilson, J.M. & Cresswell, W. 2010. Densities <strong>of</strong> Palearctic warblers and Afrotropical species <strong>with</strong>inthe same guild in Sahelian West Africa. Ostrich 81(3): 225-232.Western Olivaceous Warbler<strong>Iduna</strong> opaca [Cabanis 1851, Senegal].Iberia & NW Africa. Winters S Mauritania & Senegal E to S Niger & W Chad and S to Ghana, NNigeria & N Cameroon (tropical W Africa).Other name: Isabelline Warbler.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 as <strong>Hippolais</strong> opaca.Aidley, D.J. & Wilkinson, R. 1987. Moult <strong>of</strong> some Palearctic warblers in northern Nigeria. Bird Study34(3): 219-225 (221).British Ornithologists’ Union 2004. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 30th Report(October 2003). Ibis 146: 192-195.British Ornithologists’ Union 2005. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 31st Report(October 2004). Ibis 147: 246-250.Corso, A. 2000. Letters (Tail movements <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers). <strong>Birding</strong> World 13(12): 508.Fraser, M. 2005. <strong>List</strong>Check (Splits: Olivaceous Warbler). Birdwatch 157: 50.Harrap, S. 1988. Identification <strong>of</strong> Olivaceous and Booted Warblers. <strong>Birding</strong> World 1(9): 312-315.King, J.M.B. & Hutchinson, J.M.C. 2001. Site fidelity and recurrence <strong>of</strong> some migrant bird species inthe Gambia. Ringing & Migration 20: 292-302.9
Ottosson, U. et al 2005. Differentiation and phylogeny <strong>of</strong> the olivaceous warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallidaspecies complex. Journal <strong>of</strong> Ornithology 146(2): 127-136.Page, D. 2001. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and <strong>Hippolais</strong> warblers). British Birds 94(1): 44.Salewski, V. & Herremans, M. 2006. Phenology <strong>of</strong> Western Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> opacaand Eastern Olivaceous Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida reiseri on stopover sites in Mauritania. Ringing &Migration 23: 15-20.Salewski, V. et al 2006. Nectarivory <strong>of</strong> Palearctic migrants at a stopover site in the Sahara. BritishBirds 99(6): 299-305.Salewski, V. et al 2009. Olivaceous warblers in southeast Morocco. British Birds 102(3): 116-121.Stoate, C. 1998. Short Report (Abundance <strong>of</strong> Olivaceous Warblers <strong>Hippolais</strong> pallida and potentialinvertebrate prey in unmanaged Acacia woodland). Bird Study 45: 251-253.Svensson, L. 2001. Identification <strong>of</strong> Western and Eastern Olivaceous, Booted and Sykes's Warblers.<strong>Birding</strong> World 14(5): 192-219.Ullman, M. 1989. Identification <strong>of</strong> Upcher's & Olivaceous Warblers. <strong>Birding</strong> World 2(5): 167-170.Wilson, J.M. & Cresswell, W. 2010. Densities <strong>of</strong> Palearctic warblers and Afrotropical species <strong>with</strong>inthe same guild in Sahelian West Africa. Ostrich 81(3): 225-232.Upcher’s Warbler<strong>Hippolais</strong> languida [Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833, Syria].S Turkey & Near East E thru the Caucasus, Transcaspia, Turkestan, N Iraq, Iran & N Afghanistan toNW Pakistan. Winters S Ethiopia & N Kenya.Sir Henry Morris Upcher JP (1839-1921), Deputy-Lieutenant for the county <strong>of</strong> Norfolk and close friend<strong>of</strong> the Reverend Henry Baker Tristram. The original description <strong>of</strong> this warbler by Hemprich andEhrenberg was considered to be less than satisfactory. Tristram re-described it in 1864 and named itafter his friend.Baha el Din, S. & Baha el Din, S. 1995. Status <strong>of</strong> Upcher’s Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> languida in Egypt.Bulletin <strong>of</strong> the Ornithological Society <strong>of</strong> the Middle East 35: 22-24.Baumgart, W. & Kasparek, M. 1992. Notes on some summer birds <strong>of</strong> Syria. Zoology in the MiddleEast 6: 13-19 (16-17).Corso, A. 2004. The first Upcher’s Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> languida in Cyprus. Sandgrouse 26(1): 67.Dove, T. 2008. <strong>Birding</strong> in Iraq - A Photo Essay. <strong>Birding</strong> 40(6): 40-50.Fry, C.H. 1990. Foraging behaviour and identification <strong>of</strong> Upcher's Warbler. British Birds 83(6): 217-221.Kok, D. & van Duivendijk, N. 1999. Masters <strong>of</strong> Mystery Solution (Upcher's Warbler). <strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong>21(3): 167-170.Kylänpää, J. 2000. Birds <strong>of</strong> Dera Ismail Khan District <strong>of</strong> North West Frontier Province in Pakistan.Forktail 16: 15-28 (25).Martins, R.P. et al 1996. The status <strong>of</strong> passerines in southern Yemen and records <strong>of</strong> the OSMEsurvey in spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 54-72 (63).Shirihai, H. 1987. Identification <strong>of</strong> Upcher's Warbler. British Birds 80(10): 473-482.Ullman, M. 1989. Identification <strong>of</strong> Upcher's & Olivaceous Warblers. <strong>Birding</strong> World 2(5): 167-170.Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern <strong>Hippolais</strong>). <strong>Birding</strong> World 13(7): 282.Wassink, A. 2009. Birds <strong>of</strong> Kazakhstan: new and interesting data, part 2. <strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong> 31(2): 101-110 (108).Olive-tree Warbler<strong>Hippolais</strong> olivetorum [Strickland 1837, Zakinthos, Ionian Islands, Greece].The Balkans, S Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Crete, Cyprus, Near East & N Iran. Winters SZambia, Zimbabwe, C & S Mozambique, Botswana & NE South Africa.British Ornithologists’ Union 2008. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 36th Report(November 2007). Ibis 150: 218-220.Castell, P. 1996. Description <strong>of</strong> the nestlings <strong>of</strong> Olive-tree Warbler <strong>Hippolais</strong> olivetorum. Sandgrouse18(2): 68.Gilroy, J. 2002. Vagrancy (The stuff <strong>of</strong> dreams). Birdwatch 126: 27-29 (29).Harrop, H.R. et al 2008. Olive-tree Warbler in Shetland: new to Britain. British Birds 101(2): 82-88.Harvey, P. et al 2006. The Olive-tree Warbler on Shetland - a new British bird. <strong>Birding</strong> World 19(9):378-387.10
Hay, S. 2006. Reports (Olive-tree riddle unravelled. Olive-tree Warbler: Boddam, Shetland, 16 August2006). Birdwatch 172: 59.Kok, D. & van Duivendijk, N. 1999. Masters <strong>of</strong> Mystery Solution (Upcher's Warbler). <strong>Dutch</strong> <strong>Birding</strong>21(3): 167-170.Meakin, K. et al 2005. Monitoring birds, reptiles and butterflies in the St Katherine Protectorate,Egypt. Egyptian Journal <strong>of</strong> Biology 7: 66-95 (76 & 82).White, M.L.J. et al 2007. Bird surveys and distance sampling in St Katherine Protectorate, SouthSinai, Egypt in 2007. Egyptian Journal <strong>of</strong> Biology 9: 60-68.Melodious Warbler<strong>Hippolais</strong> polyglotta [Vieillot 1817, France].S, W & E France and Iberia E to S Belgium, SW Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia & W Croatiaand NW Africa. Winters Gambia, S Senegal, S Mali, S Burkina Faso & Nigeria S to N Cameroon.Aidley, D.J. & Wilkinson, R. 1987. 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